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Pruning Flowering Shrubs: 1-2:30 p.m. Learn the basic cuts through a hands-on demonstration of pruning rhododendrons and ...

The project will cost at least $34 million and double the 25-year-old city-owned cultural site’s footprint in Old Town.

Once you’re done reveling in the glorious signs of spring in Salem, book it back to Portland for a showing of Flow: the Oscar ...

The downtown block was formerly known as O’Bryant Square and housed a parking garage until 2023 when it was demolished. The ...

There is no surer sign of springtime in Portland than the arrival of the cherry blossoms. Those pink-and-white fluffs, that ...

Cherry blossom season is one of Portland’s best transition points. When those little pink and white buds start popping out ...

Located in Nagaizumi, Japan, this tiny park is the size of four pieces of paper—and it just set a Guinness World Record as the smallest in the world.

Most of us are used to visiting vast national parks, from Rocky Mountain to Big Bend. It’s easy to get lost in their beauty ...

Pruning Flowering Shrubs: 1-2:30 p.m. Learn the basic cuts through a hands-on demonstration of pruning rhododendrons and ...

Cherry blossom trees along Portland’s Tom McCall Waterfront Park have official started to bud out during this first week of March.